We can celebrate Harvey Weinstein’s fall – but the #MeToo battle is still only half won

The Hollywood producer was convicted on Monday for rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act in the first degree.

Bianca Fileborn, The Conversation

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Rachel Loney-Howes, The Conversation

· Feb 25, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Donald Trump denies sexual assault allegation by US writer, calls it ‘false stories for publicity’

Magazine columnist E Jean Carroll claimed the president attacked and allegedly raped her at a department store in 1995 or 1996.

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· Jun 22, 2019 · 12:16 pm

Uttar Pradesh minister wonders if married women above thirty can get raped

Upendra Tiwari tried to explain to reporters the ‘nature of sexual assaults’.

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· Jun 09, 2019 · 08:27 pm

Religious leader Asaram’s son Narayan Sai sentenced to life imprisonment in rape case

In 2013, a woman had accused Sai of sexually assaulting her repeatedly during her time at Asaram’s ashram in Surat between 2002 and 2005.

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· Apr 30, 2019 · 05:45 pm

Assam: Nurse arrested for allegedly raping three patients at Guwahati cancer institute

Kamal Kanti Sen Choudhury reportedly resigned on January 8.

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· Jan 16, 2019 · 05:22 pm

South Korea sports chief apologises after several athletes accuse coaches of sexual assault

Olympic gold medallist Shim Suk-hee last week accused her former coach of raping her, prompting several other survivors to come forward.

AFP

· Jan 15, 2019 · 12:56 pm

US: Woman in vegetative state gives birth, police begin sexual assault inquiry

The woman, who has been in coma for at least a decade, surprised the staff at the Arizona medical facility she is in when she went into labour on December 29.

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· Jan 06, 2019 · 01:31 pm

What a Honduran teen’s trauma says about tackling of sexual assault cases in US immigrant centres

A ProPublica probe reveals that police are quickly – and with little investigation – closing the cases.

Michael Grabell, ProPublica

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Topher Sanders, ProPublica

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Silvina Sterin Pensel, ProPublica

· Dec 30, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Frenchman at centre of Nobel Literature Prize scandal convicted of rape in Sweden

Jean-Claude Arnault is the husband of a former member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the literary prize whose 2018 edition was cancelled in May.

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· Oct 01, 2018 · 04:22 pm

Asia Argento paid $380,000 to actor who accused her of sexual assault: ‘NYT’ report

Jimmy Bennett, an actor and musician, had claimed that Asia Argento had sexually assaulted him when he was 17.

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· Aug 20, 2018 · 04:07 pm

By siding with Dileep, Malayalam film organisation AMMA has failed to stand up for what is right

Four actresses have resigned from the film body in protest against the decision to reinstate actor Dileep.

Archana Nathan

· Jun 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Goa: Betalbatim beach to be closed at night

The move came a week after three tourists from Madhya Pradesh allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman at the beach.

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· Jun 01, 2018 · 06:08 pm